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Article: Former Astro Acquitted of Assaulting Wife
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- July 16, 2003
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Dateline: HOUSTON
Former Houston Astros shortstop Julio Lugo was acquitted Wednesday
of charges he assaulted his wife by banging her head against their
car.
She testified she exaggerated the story and he didn't mean to hurt
her during an April 30 argument at Minute Maid Park.
Mabely Lugo let out a big sigh and smiled when the jury returned the
verdict after deliberating for 35 minutes. Lugo's mother, Rhina Lugo,
hugged her son's wife as she began crying.
"I was very upset, confused," Mabely Lugo said. "He wasn't at fault."
Julio Lugo was pleased with the verdict. "The truth was going to come
out," he said.
Lugo ...